ARM: 7539/1: kexec: scan for dtb magic in segments
authorMatthew Leach <matthew.leach@arm.com>
Fri, 21 Sep 2012 17:56:02 +0000 (18:56 +0100)
committerRussell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
Wed, 26 Sep 2012 21:58:36 +0000 (22:58 +0100)
This patch allows a dtb to be passed to a new kernel using the kexec
mechinism.

When loading segments from userspace, scan each segment's first four
bytes for the dtb magic. If this is found set the kexec_boot_atags
parameter to the relocate_kernel code to the phyical address of this
segment.

Reviewed-by: Simon Horman <horms@verge.net.au>
Reviewed-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Matthew Leach <matthew.leach@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
arch/arm/kernel/machine_kexec.c

index dfcdb9f7c1261143f93c31846ed372269a4b4783..dee34efca748c5e24172d564c1b415a1e96d336b 100644 (file)
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <linux/io.h>
 #include <linux/irq.h>
 #include <asm/pgtable.h>
+#include <linux/of_fdt.h>
 #include <asm/pgalloc.h>
 #include <asm/mmu_context.h>
 #include <asm/cacheflush.h>
@@ -32,6 +33,24 @@ static atomic_t waiting_for_crash_ipi;
 
 int machine_kexec_prepare(struct kimage *image)
 {
+       struct kexec_segment *current_segment;
+       __be32 header;
+       int i, err;
+
+       /*
+        * No segment at default ATAGs address. try to locate
+        * a dtb using magic.
+        */
+       for (i = 0; i < image->nr_segments; i++) {
+               current_segment = &image->segment[i];
+
+               err = get_user(header, (__be32*)current_segment->buf);
+               if (err)
+                       return err;
+
+               if (be32_to_cpu(header) == OF_DT_HEADER)
+                       kexec_boot_atags = current_segment->mem;
+       }
        return 0;
 }
 
@@ -122,7 +141,9 @@ void machine_kexec(struct kimage *image)
        kexec_start_address = image->start;
        kexec_indirection_page = page_list;
        kexec_mach_type = machine_arch_type;
-       kexec_boot_atags = image->start - KEXEC_ARM_ZIMAGE_OFFSET + KEXEC_ARM_ATAGS_OFFSET;
+       if (!kexec_boot_atags)
+               kexec_boot_atags = image->start - KEXEC_ARM_ZIMAGE_OFFSET + KEXEC_ARM_ATAGS_OFFSET;
+
 
        /* copy our kernel relocation code to the control code page */
        memcpy(reboot_code_buffer,